Prevalence, clinical phenotype, and outcomes associated with normal B-type natriuretic peptide levels in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction

VY Anjan, TM Loftus, MA Burke, N Akhter… - The American journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) is used widely to exclude heart failure (HF) in patients with
dyspnea. However, most studies of BNP have focused on diagnosing HF with reduced …

Gender differences among patients with acute coronary syndromes undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention in the American College of Cardiology-National …

N Akhter, S Milford-Beland, MT Roe, RN Piana… - American heart …, 2009 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Although prior studies have demonstrated disparities in the management
and outcomes of women with acute coronary syndrome (ACS), there are limited large-scale …

[HTML][HTML] Strategies for the use of insulin-sensitizing drugs to treat infertility in women with polycystic ovary syndrome

JE Nestler, D Stovall, N Akhter, MJ Iuorno… - Fertility and sterility, 2002 - Elsevier
Objective: Insulin resistance and its compensatory hyperinsulinemia play a key pathogenic
role in the infertility of the polycystic ovary syndrome. Numerous studies indicate that insulin-…

Oncologic emergencies and urgencies: A comprehensive review

…, JJ Bischof, CR Thomas Jr, N Akhter… - CA: A Cancer …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Patients with advanced cancer generate 4 million visits annually to emergency departments
(EDs) and other dedicated, high‐acuity oncology urgent care centers. Because of both the …

Global cardio oncology registry (G-COR): registry design, primary objectives, and future perspectives of a multicenter global initiative

…, P Guerrero, EH Yang, M Leja, N Akhter… - … Quality and Outcomes, 2023 - Am Heart Assoc
BACKGROUND: Global collaboration in cardio-oncology is needed to understand the
prevalence of cancer therapy-related cardiovascular toxicity in different risk groups, practice …

The diagnostic and prognostic value of echocardiographic strain

…, WB Voss, RW Lentz, JD Thomas, N Akhter - JAMA …, 2019 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Myocardial deformation or strain by speckle-tracking echocardiography (STE)
has become an established echocardiographic modality for the diagnostic and prognostic …

Association of serum triiodothyronine with B-type natriuretic peptide and severe left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction

S Selvaraj, I Klein, S Danzi, N Akhter, RO Bonow… - The American journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
There are well-documented changes in thyroid hormone metabolism that accompany heart
failure (HF). However, the frequency of thyroid hormone abnormalities in HF with preserved …

[HTML][HTML] Artificial intelligence and imaging: opportunities in cardio-oncology

N Madan, J Lucas, N Akhter, P Collier, F Cheng… - American heart journal …, 2022 - Elsevier
Cardiovascular disease is a leading cause of death in cancer survivors. It is critical to apply
new predictive and early diagnostic methods in this population, as this can potentially inform …

Is mitral valve disease treated differently in men and women?

…, J Kruse, J Puthumana, N Akhter… - European journal of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Purpose This study was performed to determine if there is a sex-based bias in referral
practices, complexity of disease, surgical treatment, or outcomes in patients undergoing mitral …

[HTML][HTML] Coronary artery disease and revascularization associated with immune checkpoint blocker myocarditis: Report from an international registry

…, G Peretto, V Zaha, OIB Zadok, K Tajiri, N Akhter… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Purpose Immune checkpoint blocker (ICB) associated myocarditis (ICB-myocarditis) may
present similarly and/or overlap with other cardiac pathology including acute coronary …